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charitableness
(Uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
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  1. (Uncountable) The quality of being charitable.
  2. (Rare, countable) A particular kind or instance of this quality.
charity
An institution, organization, or fund established to help the needy.
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  1. An institution, organization, or fund established to help the needy.
  2. (Christianity) The theological virtue defined as love directed first toward God but also toward oneself and one's neighbors as objects of God's love.
  3. A welfare institution, organization, or fund
forbearance
The act of forbearing
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  1. The act of forbearing
  2. A refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.
  3. (Law) The act of giving a debtor more time to pay rather than immediately enforcing a debt that is due.
indulgence
The act of indulging oneself, or giving way to one's own desires
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  1. The act of indulging oneself, or giving way to one's own desires
  2. (Roman Catholic Church) The remission of punishment still due, especially in purgatory, for a sin that has been sacramentally absolved.
  3. (R.C.Ch.) A partial or complete remission, under conditions specified by the Church, of divine temporal punishment that may otherwise still be due for sin committed but forgiven
lenience
Leniency.
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  1. Leniency.
  2. (Countable) A leniency: a specific act or instance of leniency.
  3. (Uncountable) Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment.
leniency
Lenient treatment, as in disciplining or sentencing
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  1. Lenient treatment, as in disciplining or sentencing
  2. The quality or condition of being lenient
  3. A lenient act.
lenity
The quality or condition of being lenient; mildness; gentleness; mercifulness
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  1. The quality or condition of being lenient; mildness; gentleness; mercifulness
  2. A lenient act
  3. Mercy
tolerance
An allowable deviation from a standard or from the theoretical ideal, esp. in the manufacture or assembly of components
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  1. An allowable deviation from a standard or from the theoretical ideal, esp. in the manufacture or assembly of components
  2. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.
  3. Diminution in the physiological response to a drug that occurs after continued use, necessitating larger doses to produce a given response.
Find another word for toleration. In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for toleration, like: charitableness, charity, forbearance, indulgence, lenience, leniency, lenity, tolerance and accept.

Sentence Examples

  • He was on the side of toleration and protected the reformers.

  • Religious toleration was granted, but with the important exception that some harsh measures were enacted against Anglicans and Roman Catholics, to neither of whom was liberty of worship accorded.

  • Complete toleration in fact was only extended to Protestant nonconformists, who composed the Cromwellian established church, and who now meted out to their antagonists the same treatment which they themselves were later to receive under the Clarendon Code of Charles II.

  • The reformation as such had no favourable influence on Jewish fortunes in Christian Europe, though the championship of the cause of toleration by Reuchlin had considerable value.

  • Only the persecuted themselves insisted on toleration as a Christian duty.

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